Enhancing the Value of Wind Power with Energy Storage - 5th Edition

Research Reports International, March 2012, Pages: 40

The 5th Edition of Research Reports International's Enhancing the Value of Wind Power with Energy Storage report is a 40-page evaluation of how electric energy storage can be used to increase the value of wind power production.

Wind power represents a promising source of clean, renewable energy, but it is limited in its ability to provide significant amounts of power to the grid due to its intermittent and non-dispatchable nature. In order for wind power to become a major source of electricity and compete with nuclear energy and fossil fuels as a baseload generating source, it needs to be able to operate at a high capacity factor. This is something which can be achieved with energy storage. A major objective of this report is to demonstrate how energy storage systems can shape the supply of wind power, firm up its reliability, increase its capacity value, and even enable it to provide baseload energy and to do so profitably.

Topics covered in the report include:

- Overview of what energy storage is and the utility applications it can support
- Discussion of the current status of energy storage use for electric power applications
- Evaluation of the major electric energy storage technologies
- Analysis of the issues the wind power faces and how energy storage can resolve them
- Comparison of energy storage technologies in terms of their ability to support wind power
- Discussion on how energy storage can allow wind power to operate as a baseload plant
- Assessment of the economics of combining wind power with energy storage
- Profiles of key wind power/energy storage projects

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

SUMMARY

OVERVIEW OF ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE
Energy Storage and the Electric Industry
Electric Industry Applications for Energy Storage
Current Status of Energy Storage

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES
Pumped Hydro
Lead-Acid Batteries
Nickel-Cadmium Batteries
Lithium-Ion Batteries
Sodium Sulfur Batteries
Flow Batteries
Flywheels
Compressed Air Energy Storage
Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage
Electrochemical Capacitors

THE IMPACT OF COMBINING WIND POWER AND ENERGY STORAGE
The Benefits to Wind Power from Energy Storage
Energy Storage Technologies for Use with Wind Power
Using Energy Storage to Enable Baseload Wind Power

THE ECONOMICS OF COMBINING WIND POWER AND ENERGY STORAGE
Revenue from Energy Storage
Analysis of Combined Wind Power and Energy Storage Systems

WIND ENERGY STORAGE PROJECTS
Auwahi Wind
California Wind Integration
Dogo Island
Eagle Mountain
Futamata
Huxley Hill
Kaheawa Wind Power II
Kahuku Wind
Kotzebue
Laurel Mountain
Minwind
Miura Wind Park
Notrees Windpower
Palmdale MicroGrid
PG&E
Sorne Hill
Tomamae Wind Hills
Wind Spirit

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